Induction: The World’s Largest Love Machine, Viscera – Every day is Hump Day for Big Vis

(RIP NELSON FRAZIER: 1971 – 2014)

WWE, 2005-7

Nelson Frazier has worn many hats during his years with World Wrestling Entertainment. Well, he only ever really wore one hat, which was a crown, but he had a number of gimmicks (rapper, clown, king, cult member) before evolving into Barry White’s younger, scarier brother.

Viscera’s road to suave sex-godhood began in 2004, when he was brought back, along with fellow Ministry of Darkness member Gangrel, as one of JBL’s hired guns to take out The Undertaker. Gangrel quickly disappeared, but Big Vis stuck around long enough to be another champion’s goon. This time, it was Women’s Champion Trish Stratus who needed Viscera to destroy Kane, who was at the time enjoying marital bliss with his prisoner-wife, Lita.

Trish may not have had JBL’s money, but she did have –ahem– other highly-prized assets that Mr. Layfield lacked.

(Though JBL was certainly no slouch in the bosom department)

Vis and Trish went out on a date to hash out the details of their business arrangement. Viscera arrived late, of course, after making a trip to the drug store. Those are condoms, folks. For sex!

Trish, on the other hand, was less than thrilled at the prospect of riding Space Mountain (which is far more appropriate a nickname for Nelson Frazier’s parts than Ric Flair’s; after all, the Disney ride is pitch black). In fact, she suggested handing over Christie Hemme as a rape-offering to appease the big man. Soooo…

An unconscious Christie Hemme was soon taken off the table (figuratively speaking), and Trish gave Vis an “advance” on his post-match “payment.”

That Sunday, however, Viscera came up short against Kane and got berated by Trish for his trouble. Fortunately, he shook her violently and squashed her, parlaying the Diva’s hospitalization into a run as a babyface.

Trish might not have been up for the dark journey, but Viscera set his sights on another blonde: ring announcer Lilian Garcia. Sure, Lilian might have been hesitant to hook up with a 500-pound man who crushed his last love interest (intentionally), but Vis’s approach was so smooth, the aspiring pop star couldn’t resist. This tortilla chip kiss would make a perfect scene for The Lady & The Tramp 2.

Vis’s devastating dry-humping finisher somehow made it into the WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 video game, which was rated Teen. For comparison, the Mature-rated Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas got recalled over its own clothed (but well-hidden) depiction of consensual sex.

At Vengeance, Viscera’s bachelor days nearly came to an end when, during an unannounced fifteen-minute segment on pay-per-view (complete with a song so sappy it made “Tell Me a Lie” sound like “Whole Lotta Love”), Lilian dropped down to one knee and popped the question.

After all, what woman wouldn’t want to spend the rest of her life with this guy?

Just when it looked like Vis was going to settle down with Lilian, The Godfather crashed the party and dissuaded the big man from getting hitched. Really, though, Lilian should have seen this coming.

Vis, now a free agent, started wrestling in silk pajamas, some of which brought back fond memories of Men on a Mission days. In fact, WWE even paired Viscera up with a new partner, perhaps trying to recreate the fun times he’d had with Mo.

Viscera and Lilian García crossed paths once again the following year when an overzealous Charlie Haas accidentally knocked the announcer off the ring apron.

This kicked off a love triangle, with both men vying for Lilian’s affections before she begged them to stop fighting and just be friends with her. Haas would have none of it, gouging Viscera’s eye, leaving the man named for innards nothing but a giant, one-eyed organ.

In his temporary blindness, Vis picked up Lilian by mistake and, not being able to tell her silky-smooth legs from Charlie Haas’s, Samoan-dropped her.

So how did the big man react to the embarrassing discovery that he couldn’t tell his ex-lover’s body and screams from a heavyweight wrestler’s? He had a hearty laugh with Haas and joined forces with his rival, teaming up based on their mutual disinterest in Lilian García’s friendship.

Fans were once again seeing the dark underbelly of Viscera, but that was nothing compared to the literal underbelly they’d be subjected to once Vis traded in his PJs for traditional ring attire as “Big Daddy V.”

A wrestling fan ever since the days of Wrestlemania IX, Art graduated from college in the same building where Art Donovan called King of the Ring 1994. He currently runs the "How Much Does This Guy Weigh?" blog, where he reviews New Generation-Era Monday Night Raws and Hasbro WWF figures.
Email at: art@wrestlecrap.com

A solid write up as always but I have to disagree that Big Vis constitutes Wrestlecrap. To me, he falls under the same category as Doink the Clown (Heel) and the Repo Man. Considering all the other gimmicks he got stuck with, I think Vis was awesome in this persona. It was over the top, it was ridiculous, it was unsettling at times (ie. most of the time) but that doesn’t make the gimmick Wrestlecrap as far as I see it.. Had they saddled this with say Yokozuna or even the Big Show, then you’d have genuine Wrestlecrap.

Now for all his other personas

Mabel the Rapper: Wrestlecrap
King Mabel: Wrestlecrap (in the sense that he really had no business winning the 1995 King of the Ring). #VincescrewedSavio
Viscera (Undead Zombie?): Wrestlecrap but still better than Naked Mideon
Big Daddy V: Wrestlecrap, but the name is awesome.

How is this NOT Wrestlecrap???? This was an atrocious character. Your argument is like saying The Repo Man tried his absolute best with a terrible character and it shouldn’t be Wrestelcrap. Excellent Induction as always, Art. Every induction you have made, you provided multiple reasons and evidence why something is Wrestlecrap. Unfortunately the IWC always has something to complain about, and this complaint from the above poster is absolutely ridiculous.

Can you swivel any harder, Paul? Besides which, if they’re ‘always’ excellent then there’s no point even commenting on them. I can assure you as a fan of Art’s that his inductions have not always been excellent, he’s written his fair share of less-than-impressive works as would anyone.

I just bought the classic Seagal movies on Blu-Ray for about $5 each. But too be fair with Tiny Cloacas he may have been short on money when he bought the dvds. Maybe if you had some Tiny Lister movies he would have bought more.

A great induction Art! Every personality Nelson Frazier portrayed in WWF/E was 100% pure WRESTLECRAP. This Induction should make exactly no one miss the days of TV-14 from 2002-2008, which included the worst angle in their history, the infamous Katie Vick.

The Haas/Big Vis/Lillian triangle deserves it’s own entry instead of a quick blurb, the fact that Haas and Viscera became a team based on their mutual love of beating up Lillian Garcia is most assuredly Wrestlecrap on it’s own.